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Monday May 7: The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

Today Booked For The Day met to discuss The Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett. No one particularly loved the book, but it also was not disliked; most people agreed it fell into that place of “It was good, but not great”.

The group made note that the author had said the book started out as an article; and we all agreed that it was probably a really great article; but that much of the book felt like filler. The main character, the books, the side characters, the author’s personal observations; were all interesting; but not enough to really tie the story into something that held everyone’s attention. It was our first non-fiction read; but we felt it did not entirely do the genre justice.

We did talk about different books that touched our lives; from Dr. Suess to Atlas Shrugged; and wondered how eBooks would effect a love of books in future generations of readers. Everyone felt that the main character of the book was not so much “The Man Who Loved BOOKS Too much” so much as “The Man Who Loved TO STEAL Too Much”!

Ballots were also passed out to vote on our 2012-2013 selections; the books we are choosing from are also listed on the “2012-2013 Books Suggestions” tab at the top of this page.

The group will be meeting next on Monday June 4th to discuss Jane Austen’s Persuasion; we are very excited to be reading “a classic”.

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